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Moon and sun in the sky at the same time?

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skyleaf:
Well I don't know if this is gameplay question or IRL question but I put it here anyway.
After the moon phase update implemented, I noticed quite often the moon hanging in the sky at both daytime and night.
Is it only game illustration issue, or it is representing the exact phenomena we would see in Finland during winter?  ???

Plotinus:
It happens in real life, too, and not just in Finland https://earthsky.org/space/when-can-you-see-a-daytime-moon/

ineedcords:
Regardless of where you are on planet earth, you wouldn't see sun and moon together "that much" - without providing any objective data, to me, it feels like they are hanging out together too much in this version of the game. I could be wrong though, haven't done any extensive testing on that.

Even if I am right, this is just the first version of this feature (even a beta) so it might be improved in future versions to provide a more realistic cycle.

Plotinus:
That's true; the moon has to be more than a quarter for it to be bright enough to see against the daytime sky.

Also, in real life, the moon and the sun are often in completely different parts of the sky, one might in the west and the other might be in the east, but in URW we just have a tiny piece of sky to see and they have to put the sun and moon in that chunk so that the user understands why the light is changing.

Plotinus:
The way the sun and the moon are represented got me thinking about when solar eclipses might have been visible in the years of the game.   I found these PDFs https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEpubs/5MCSE.html

And I think this one is the one for URW: https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/5MCSE/5MCSE-Maps-08.pdf

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